Thomas Alexander Nelson (1861-1898) proprietor of the Nelson Foundry in Bond Head, pictured here with his wife, Ellen Pricella (Brown) Nelson. This sepia coloured studio photo was likely taken in the 1880's when bustles were fashionable.
"At the first conference of employees in the Consumer and Commercial Relations Ministry, the Honourable Sidney Handleman presented a survey of consumer attitudes taken in North Bay recently. Aside from revealing that the vast majority of consumer protection law, the most startling revelation concerns the attitude of young people towards the business. That concerns me. It should concern small business people even more. What is even more startling is the result of the question, "How much profit out of each dollar do you think food chains make after taxes"? The answers covered the gambit from nothing to $2. One food chain in its 1976 annual report stated that "earnings per dollar of sales were less that 8-10 of a cent, compared with one cent per dollar in the same period last year..."
Contains local history information on Bradford. Headings include:
Alice Green Scrapbook
Bradford Fall Fair
Coulson's Hill
Doctors
Donated by Bill Kell
Donated by Tom Collings
Entertainment
Florence Cronan Scrapbook
Hotels, Taverns and Inns
Newspaper Advertisements
Old Bradford Newspaper articles
Photographs
Prohibition
Recollections from Sam Neilly
Recollections from The Browns
Recollections - Known Author
Recollections - Unknown Author
The Way We Were - Other